King Kered

King Kered
Start date:	October 23rd, 1989
End date:	Mars 17th, 1990
# of strips:	126 (21 weeks)
Writer:	Lee Falk
Artist:	Fred Fredericks
Preceded by:	"The Gift from 8"
Followed by:	"Voodoo"

"King Kered" is the 204th Mandrake daily story. The story was written by Lee Falk and drawn by Fred Fredericks.

Plot Summary

A few years ago Derek became a ganglord, heading a crime wave. Mandrake and Derek had a terrific battle, where finalt Mandrake took away Derek's powers and memory. Now Derek's powers have returned, and he is back to his criminal ways, as King Kered...

Appearances

Recurring characters

• Mandrake
• Lothar
• Narda
• Karma
• Theron
• Derek
• Lenore, Mentioned only.
• Eleanora, Mentioned only.
• Luciphor aka The Cobra, Mentioned only.
• The Police Chief

One-time characters

• Mr. Bradley, V.P. of a bank in NY.
• Ms. Francis, works in a bank.

Locations

• Xanadu
• The College of Magic

Objects

• The Crystal Cube, at CM.

Behind the scenes

Title

• The story title is lifted from the plot.

Mandrake Lore

• Thru the centuries Theron had a few dozen wives.
• Theron was 290 years old when he married Eleanora (age 20).
• The twins were seperated when wild bandits invaded the land (Tibet).
• The twins returned to CM at age 5.
• Lenore, half-sister of Mandrake.

Easter Eggs

• Derek has prison number 39013.

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  5 Feb, 1990

Reprints

This story has been published in the following publications:

Italy

• "La famiglia di Mandrake", Mandrake - New Comics Now #291 (1992)

Sweden

• "Mandrake vs Derek - Magikernas kamp", Fantomen #21 (1993)

USA

• "King Kered", Strip Adventure #3 (1991)